AMD "Never Settle" 12.11 Driver - benchmarks

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:36

Gonna install these drivers tomorrow for my 7850

I've overclocked the 7850, do I have to put it back to normal/ do anything at all before I switch?

Amatsubu · 23 Oct 2012 at 20:44

Tried them just now with the 7850 and I have to say there are quite visible gains in BF3. Also, the borked 2d clocks issue didn't affect me so I guess I can safely put 12.11 to some serious testing.

@Winky: I've just uninstalled my OC software along with the drivers and after installing 12.11 restored my OC settings. It seems to be working fine.

PorkPieCat · 23 Oct 2012 at 21:45

anyone else seeing gpu usage spikes all the time in afterburner? also getting white ghosting in tribes ascend... might roll back to 12.10

LtMatt · 23 Oct 2012 at 21:49

PorkPieCat said:
anyone else seeing gpu usage spikes all the time in afterburner? also getting white ghosting in tribes ascend... might roll back to 12.10

Very small spikes yes, however you no longer get the large gpu usage spikes any more with this (12.11 beta) driver im noticing.

Nickolp1974 · 23 Oct 2012 at 22:22

PorkPieCat said:
anyone else seeing gpu usage spikes all the time in afterburner? also getting white ghosting in tribes ascend... might roll back to 12.10

None here i'm afraid.

Menty · 24 Oct 2012 at 00:08

Glad I saw this thread, there are definite gains for me thank you.

NightSt@lk3r · 24 Oct 2012 at 00:45

These drivers have broken the text in XBMC for me i either only get the top half of the letters or no letters at all.

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2012 at 07:19

AMD rep

"We are aware of the improper idle clocks, have it reproduced internally and from many users on OCN, and we are hot on the heels of a fix. Please be patient."

PorkPieCat · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:22

LtMatt said:
Very small spikes yes, however you no longer get the large gpu usage spikes any more with this (12.11 beta) driver im noticing.

thanks but i just never got any spikes at all before this driver o.o. now i'm getting big and small spikes all the time

Nickolp1974 said:
None here i'm afraid.

yeah this is odd. gpu-z shows a flat line as well...

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:31

PorkPieCat said:
thanks but i just never got any spikes at all before this driver o.o. now i'm getting big and small spikes all the time

yeah this is odd. gpu-z shows a flat line as well...

Probably something else then Pork as im just not seeing that, i did have some previous spikes in the last driver though, that was solved by disabling aero which is hardware accelerated however it looks like rather than large spikes you now get very small ones in the range of a few percent, looks much better imo.

Might be time for a full aitman uninstall.

PorkPieCat · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:39

LtMatt said:
Probably something else then Pork as im just not seeing that, i did have some previous spikes in the last driver though, that was solved by disabling aero which is hardware accelerated however it looks like rather than large spikes you now get very small ones in the range of a few percent, looks much better imo.

Might be time for a full aitman uninstall.

yeah seems to be an issue on my end :/. thanks for the suggestion, I just tried disabling aero but to no avail. ab just chooses a number then spikes that for a few minutes. currently it's spiking from 0 to 80 all the time (with a completely flat temp line). thing is i had this in beta 3 as well as this beta 4, where i had a flat 0 on 12.9 beta and before. and i always use driver sweeps during installs. perhaps i'll get lucky when beta 5 comes out - won't bother reinstalling till then

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:48

PorkPieCat said:
yeah seems to be an issue on my end :/. thanks for the suggestion, I just tried disabling aero but to no avail. ab just chooses a number then spikes that for a few minutes. currently it's spiking from 0 to 80 all the time (with a completely flat temp line). thing is i had this in beta 3 as well as this beta 4, where i had a flat 0 on 12.9 beta and before. and i always use driver sweeps during installs. perhaps i'll get lucky when beta 5 comes out - won't bother reinstalling till then

Well i had the same actually, but after using atiman it went away. It seems to be the most extreme and complete driver sweeper ive ever used.

Cane316 · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:49

Installed these last night but was getting lots of artifacts in sleeping dogs (huge beige planes blocking the view)

Went back to 12.10 and the problems gone, anyone else had similar/know of a solution?

sapphire 7950 vapor-x (7970 bios)
i5 3750k 3.4ghz @ 4.4
Asus p8z77-m pro

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:50

Cane316 said:
Installed these last night but was getting lots of artifacts in sleeping dogs (huge beige planes blocking the view)

Went back to 12.10 and the problems gone, anyone else had similar/know of a solution?

sapphire 7950 vapor-x (7970 bios)
i5 3750k 3.4ghz @ 4.4
Asus p8z77-m pro

I think with these drivers because of the performance gains might use a bit more wattage, as a result you might find you need to bump vcore a notch or dial back an overclock ever so slightly.

PorkPieCat · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:58

LtMatt said:
Well i had the same actually, but after using atiman it went away. It seems to be the most extreme and complete driver sweeper ive ever used.

ok thanks, will defo give atiman a go when beta5 comes out

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2012 at 08:58

PorkPieCat said:
ok thanks, will defo give atiman a go when beta5 comes out

I hope its today.

Cane316 · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:09

LtMatt said:
I think with these drivers because of the performance gains might use a bit more wattage, as a result you might find you need to bump vcore a notch or dial back an overclock ever so slightly.

Aaah ok will give that a go tonight.
Was running at 1100 core 1500 mem @ 1.1

Will bump that up a little and try again

PorkPieCat · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:41

LtMatt said:
I hope its today.

woot! i thought i'd try uninstalling and reinstalling ab while i wait for b5 and it's fixed it. had a hunch it was ab because the temps stay the same and gpu-z as well. tbh i trust gpu-z a lot more lol. anyway i'm hoping for b5 today as well, not that i'm having 2d clock issues

LtMatt · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:45

PorkPieCat said:
woot! i thought i'd try uninstalling and reinstalling ab while i wait for b5 and it's fixed it. had a hunch it was ab because the temps stay the same and gpu-z as well. tbh i trust gpu-z a lot more lol. anyway i'm hoping for b5 today as well, not that i'm having 2d clock issues

Can i get a hallelujah praise the lord?

Come to think of it i did an un-install of afterburner around the time mine got fixed as well, maybe, just maybe...

Phage · 24 Oct 2012 at 09:47

Cane316 said:
Installed these last night but was getting lots of artifacts in sleeping dogs (huge beige planes blocking the view)

Went back to 12.10 and the problems gone, anyone else had similar/know of a solution?

sapphire 7950 vapor-x (7970 bios)
i5 3750k 3.4ghz @ 4.4
Asus p8z77-m pro

I'm on Beta 3 and I don't have any clock issues (7970 WF), but I am getting some artifacting in BF3. I've had this before with Beta drivers though, and expect that it will be cleared by the time it gets to WHQL.
Rig below

LtMatt said:
I think with these drivers because of the performance gains might use a bit more wattage, as a result you might find you need to bump vcore a notch or dial back an overclock ever so slightly.

Are you saying lower the clocks on the GPU or the CPU ?